Coin separator and deliverer



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R.E.HANVEY. COIN SEPARATOR AND DBLIVERER.

No. 512,959. Patented Jan. 16, 1894.

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ROBERT E. HANVEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COIN SEPARATOR AND DELIVERER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 512,9 59, dated January16, 1894.

Application filed September 2, 1892. Serial No. 444,874. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RoBER'rE. HANVEY, a citizen of the United States,residing 'at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin-DistributingDevices, which are fully set forth in the following specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof,and in which- Figure 1 shows my new coin distributing and change makingdevice, in front elevation, of which the part below the cam levers isshown in section on a vertical plane immediately behind the front of theupper drawer. Fig. 2 shows my device in a transverse section taken nearthe center of its length. Fig.

3 shows, in plan view, the pan, or receptacle which receives the coinsfrom the machine. Fig. 4 shows, in plan view, the coin distributingdevice at the top of the machine, the cover being removed to show thearrangement of the different sized openings and the runways for thecoins to each hole. Fig. 5 shows, in plan view, a slide which opens andcloses the holes in the plate or base through which the coins aredropped from the reciprocating plate. Fig. 6 shows, in perspective,

the part, or piece, which closes the lower and.

back part of the device, which contains the drawers, and the runway insaid piece upon which the coins pass out from the machine.

Like letters refer to like parts.

The object of my invention is to produce a machine by means of which anycoin, or number of coins may be deposited in a suitable receptacle, inany sum, Without handling the coins, and thereby making less liabilityto err in paying out a number of coins, and at the same time performingsaid operation much more expeditiously than can be done by hand in theold way, from drawers and tills, and to attain said desirable ends Iconstruct my said new device in substantially the follow ing manner,namely: I make a receiving and distributing hopper a, adapted to receiveany suitable number of coins promiscuously, at its mouth 12, from whencethey fall into a long throat c, which is inclined from that point,downward, both lengthwise and transversely and provided with holes d, e,f, g, h, correspon ingto the size of the coins to-be sent through themachine.

Said throat hasa ledge 2', at its lower longitudinal edge which forms atrack on which all coins run, and parallel to said track, and in saidthroat are ledges, or steps, j, j, j ,j j, which terminate at the uppersides of the holes, (Z, c, f, g, h, respectively. There is a suitablecover a, over said tracks andledges, shown in Fig. 2. When, therefore,coins are dropped into the mouth, b, they immediately fall upon thetrack 1' and drop down under the ledge adapted to their specific size.Thus, for instance, a dime will just freely pass between the ledges iand j, and a dollar between the trackt'and ledge j, and intermediatecoins in like manner between said intermediate ledges and track 1'. Eachcoin will, therefore run to the end of its ledge and then drop into itstube which it cannot pass, therefore making it impossible for a coin togo wrong. The highest denomination, or, largest coin, being placed atthe lowest end of the throat and each successively lower denominationcoin being placed next above it and so on until to the upper end of saidthroat as shown. said throat are placed vertically slotted tubes, ofproper caliber, for their coins, which terminate in the horizontal baseIt, and on said base and under each tube is a reciprocating plate Zprovided with a fixed rack Z actuated by a pinion Z turning on a shaftZiprovided with a lever Z to which is attached a retracting spring ZSaid plate Z, is provided with a hole 1, adapted to receive a singlecoin, when in its normal position under the tube, and the lever Z up, asshown in dotted outline, and, beyond the tube and within the,

range of motion of said plate Z is'a hole 70',

through, or partly cutout of said plate k,

large enough to freely pass a coin and drop it on a tilting board mturning on ashaft m; said holes, board and shaft passing through theentire length of the machine. A lever m Under the holes through on shaftm tilts said board into either of the the narrow space between its erectsides and rest and roll on the inclined bottom between the sides of saidchannel into a receptacle, or pan 0, secured to the end of said channel.In this case said pan is hinged to the bottom of the machine so thatitmaybe turned back,

or down, so that coins may be received directly into a bag or otherreceptacle, or the hand. When said tilting-board is turned to itsopposite position the coins fall from it into a drawer p which isdivided, by partitions,

into spaces d 6 f g 72 under and corre of the cover 4' to the bottom ofthe device.

It is held in place by ablade s havinga shoulder 3 which slips over theface of the front wall and up above the drawer p where it is held inplace by said drawer p which, the

drawer, must first be removed from the ma-,,

chine before the blade 8 can vbe released so as to release the block N.Under the drawer p is a drawer p adapted to hold papermoney 1 for whichit is divided into suitable compartments. with a suitable lock and key.Through the slots 15 the operator may readily see wh-enany tube needs tobe replenished with .its coin.

There are also tubes d d each provided with a mouth or hopper b intowhich special,

or odd, coins may be placed and passed out by mechanism like that whichis used for the other tubes.

The operation of the machine is very simple; coins are fed into themouth b trom,

whence, by gravity, through theconstruction of the throat theydistribute themselves into their respective tubes, and any specialcoins, as Canadian dimes, or pennies, .&c., are fed into the secondarytubes 61?, d After the machine is thuscharged with coins it isready tooperate.

the levers l, corresponding to the respective Said drawers are also,each,provided Then to pay out any desired sum tion with a throatprovided with spaces for special coins to move in and holes to droptherefrom and tubes to receive the coins, of mechanism adapted todischarge the coins from said tubes, a tilting-board to catchand dropthe coins upon either side of its axis, substantially as specified.

2. In a change making device, thelcombination with a threat providedwith spaces-for special coins to move in and holes to drop therefrom andtubes to receive the coins, of mechanism to discharge the coins .fromsaid tubes, a tilting-board; an inclined channel and a drawer withpartitions corresponding to said tubes, substantially as specified.

3. In a change making device, thecombination with a threat provided withspaces for special coins to move in and holes to drop therefrom andtubes to receive thecoins, of mechanism todischarge the coins from saidtubes, and adj ustableopenings in the base of said tubes, atilting-board an inclined channel and a drawer, arranged, substantiallyas specified.

4C. In a changemakingidevice, the combination with .a doublyinclinedthroat provided witha trackat its lower longitudinal edge, and, oppositeand parallel theretowith ledges, and holes at the-ends of [said ledges,and tubes under said holes, of mechanism adapted to discharge thefcoinsfrom said tubes, and a channel with an inclined bottom to receive andfinally discharge the coins from the machine substantially as specified.

ROBERT E. HANV'EY.

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WM. ZIMMEBMAN, ANTON FONGNER.

